Listed Building: CORNBARN, SHIPPON AND PIGCOTE AT LOWER HOUSE FARM (1329991)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 202, 3, 141
Date assigned 09 December 1983
Date last amended

Description

In the entry for: KISKHILL LANE (West Side) 3/141 Cornbarn, shippon and pigcote at Lower House Farm. The address shall be amended to read: MOUNT PLEASANT Cornbarn, shippon and pigcote at Lower House Farm SJ 97 NE 3/141 RAINOW C.P. KISKHILL LANE (West Side) Cornbarn, shippon and pigcote at Lower House Farm GV II Corn barn, shippon and pig cote: barn dated 1697 but remainder added late C18. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge stone-slate roof and stone ridge. Corn barn has 3-bay road front with 5-board door with iron strap hinges under lintel carved ML (for Lowe) 1697, flanked by square pitch-holes. West front has a partial outshut and cart entrance under a wooden lintel. Interior: 2 roof trusses of tiebeam, queen posts and collar, and overlapping purlins and ridge. Shippon forms north range of courtyard. West gable has 3 doors with ashlar surrounds, the central one to feeding passage and shippons to either side. Above are 2 loading bays and south side has windows below, square pitch-holes above. Joined by steps and walls to 2-entrance pigcote with seed store above. Cottage at north-east corner of this group is not included in the item. Listing NGR: SJ9537376610

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58052. [Mapped features: #3915 58052; #9220 58052]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 9537 7661 (23m by 23m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ97NE
Civil Parish RAINOW, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Apr 16 2025 3:35PM